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because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is still the president even though he's the party leader, and the nominee of this party. and it was true of george w when he ran for re-election t was true of bill clinton and it was certainly true of ronald w reagan when he ran for election. >> the supreme court, david, took up the arizona immigration law this week. you listened to some of the arguments. a lot of speculation about whether they will uphold it or not but whatever they do, does that affect the campaign, the presidential. >> i think immigration will play a lesser role this time than many of the pastimes. first i suspect there
because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is...
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. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back at the president in a statement today, warning there are not enough votes to pass a tax increase because tax hikes destroy jobs. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington, d.c. >> susie: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: stocks rose for the third straight day. the dow gained 72 points, the nasdaq up 11 and the s&p 500 added 10. as for volume, 910 million shares moving on the big board and 1.8 billion on the nasdaq. a lot of deal-making in the housing market in may. the number of people signing contracts to buy a home surged 8.2% last month. still, the national association of realtors says many of those deals are having trouble closing because buyers are having a tough time getting appraisals for financing. and the marriage between the london stock exchange and the canadian exchange operator, t.m.x. group, is off. the companies are walking away from the deal because they say it is "highly unlikely" they'll get majority approval from t.m.x. shareholders. still ahead, we'll find out what's driving tonight's stoc
. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back at the president in a statement today, warning there are not enough votes to pass a tax increase because tax hikes destroy jobs. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington, d.c. >> susie: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: stocks rose for the third straight day. the dow gained 72 points, the nasdaq up 11 and the s&p 500 added 10. as for volume, 910 million shares moving on the big board and...
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. >> late today the president spoke by telephone with house speaker john boehner. no specifics on what they said to each other, but it was their first conversation in a week. eventually the two sides will get down to bargaining over specifics, including entitlements. one idea may be to change the way the government measures inflation. that may sound like a small change, but, as darren gersh reports, it could have a big impact. >> reporter: if the price of oranges goes up, consumers will buy apples and other cheaper foods. we know that. economists call that switching "substitution," but that change in behavior doesn't show up in the official inflation rate. so most economists think the current consumer price index overstates the actual cost of living. that's important because the inflation rate is used to set tax brackets and social security benefits. moving to a more accurate inflation measure called the "chained c.p.i." would cut the deficit by $200 billion over ten years. supporters say the change wouldn't cut benefits. >> if we're making the change to reflect wh
. >> late today the president spoke by telephone with house speaker john boehner. no specifics on what they said to each other, but it was their first conversation in a week. eventually the two sides will get down to bargaining over specifics, including entitlements. one idea may be to change the way the government measures inflation. that may sound like a small change, but, as darren gersh reports, it could have a big impact. >> reporter: if the price of oranges goes up, consumers...
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that t to do that, but the only two negotiators that matter right now are the president and speaker boehner. and as i mentioned before-- again, i understand there are two sides of this tale-- the president is really not yet offering the kind of reforms that would make these programs solvent for the long haul so we're trying to think how do we get there. so very healthy discussion today. i'm enthused about today, and i hope we'll resolve this over the course of the next several weeks. >> woodruff: senator bob cork ethank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: we will have more perspectives in the coming days. >> ifill: next, two takes on the war in syria. as the conflict rages on, there are new concerns this week that the assad government is moving closer to the use of chemical weapons. jeffrey brown has that part of the story. >> brown: the syrian civil war has now closed in on president bashar al-assad's seat of power, with rebel gunfire ringing out again today in damascus. amateur video also showed new shelling in the capital, as government forces continued a push to retake key suburbs
that t to do that, but the only two negotiators that matter right now are the president and speaker boehner. and as i mentioned before-- again, i understand there are two sides of this tale-- the president is really not yet offering the kind of reforms that would make these programs solvent for the long haul so we're trying to think how do we get there. so very healthy discussion today. i'm enthused about today, and i hope we'll resolve this over the course of the next several weeks. >>...
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but boehner accused the president of campaigning on the taxpayers' dime and manufacturing an issue to boot. >> here's the president wasting time on a fake fight to try and gain his own reelection. these are the kinds of political stunts and frankly they aren't worth it and worthy of his office. this is the biggest job in the world and i've never seen a president make it smaller. >> holman: in response, white house spokesman jay carney insisted this week's trip was for legitimate presidential business and not campaigning in disguise. >> the president was arguing on behalf of a policy that he believes is essential. he was calling on congress and will continue to call on congress to act to fix a problem that if not fixed will negatively effect millions of students across the country. and he'll continue to do that as part of his job. >> holman: the house votes tomorrow on a republican measure to prevent interest rates from doubling on federal student loans in july. the $6 billion to cover the cost would come from a public health fund under the president's health reform law. democrats favo
but boehner accused the president of campaigning on the taxpayers' dime and manufacturing an issue to boot. >> here's the president wasting time on a fake fight to try and gain his own reelection. these are the kinds of political stunts and frankly they aren't worth it and worthy of his office. this is the biggest job in the world and i've never seen a president make it smaller. >> holman: in response, white house spokesman jay carney insisted this week's trip was for legitimate...
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house speaker john boehner said regulatory agencies already have the tools they need to police the oil market. and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said the obama plan is just a political ploy. >> the president's goal isn't to do something about a problem. it's to make people think he's doing something about the problem until the next crisis. comes along. and that's the larger problem. that we've got a president who is more concerned with looking like he's doing something than in actually doing what's needed to tackle the challenges we face. >> sreenivasan: amid that debate in washington, the price of oil was up today, finishing above $104 a barrel. wall street had a good day, after strong earnings from coca- cola and several other major firms. the dow jones industrial average gained 194 points to close at 13,115. the nasdaq rose 54 points to close at 3042. a majority of citi group shareholders voted on a non-binding vote. it was the first such protest by shareholders at any major wall street bank. for the record citi group is a corporate underwriter of the newshour. in afghanist
house speaker john boehner said regulatory agencies already have the tools they need to police the oil market. and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said the obama plan is just a political ploy. >> the president's goal isn't to do something about a problem. it's to make people think he's doing something about the problem until the next crisis. comes along. and that's the larger problem. that we've got a president who is more concerned with looking like he's doing something than in...
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>> john boehner made this offer to the president. the president was never willing to actually do the leadership role to get it down. >> brown: you have been involved in campaigns, as we said. you say this is a political issue at the moment. is it going to remain as one? do you see this as one that sort of continues with us over the next months? >> i think the president's clearly decided that this is a valuable political tactic. i expect them to continue with it. there is bolling suggests that he's making misa mistakes. that swing voters aren't interested in this pointless battle about fairness. they want the jobs, they want the debt controlled. they wan real changes. >> brown: douglas holtz-eakin, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: next, community colleges feel the strain of tight budgets and rising demand. california is one state where the problem has been particularly prominent of late. newshour correspondent spencer michels reports. >> it's a beautiful color back here but that's not what you want. >> reporter: this
>> john boehner made this offer to the president. the president was never willing to actually do the leadership role to get it down. >> brown: you have been involved in campaigns, as we said. you say this is a political issue at the moment. is it going to remain as one? do you see this as one that sort of continues with us over the next months? >> i think the president's clearly decided that this is a valuable political tactic. i expect them to continue with it. there is...
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. >> reporter: and the house speaker republican john boehner expressed a similar sentiment at his weekly news conference yesterday. >> this is outrageous behavior regardless of whose administration it is. and, you know, i wrote my checks out on sunday to pay my taxes. i can imagine millions of other americans wrote their checks out. and they're taking their hard- earned money and sending it to washington, and this is outrageous that their tax money is getting wasted in this fashion. >> reporter: the post's ed o'keefe says it remains unclear if the universal outrage will get lawmakers to work together to address problems at the g.s.a. >> there are lawmakers who said "yes, i'm going to bring up legislation, we're going to push for this." we'll see. right now with congress unable to do most of anything, it's possible this is something that could get rammed through before election day, but if it doesn't get done before election day and the longer we get away from this, the longer we forget about this scandal, it may just be that it goes the way of all the other scandals. >> reporter: in the
. >> reporter: and the house speaker republican john boehner expressed a similar sentiment at his weekly news conference yesterday. >> this is outrageous behavior regardless of whose administration it is. and, you know, i wrote my checks out on sunday to pay my taxes. i can imagine millions of other americans wrote their checks out. and they're taking their hard- earned money and sending it to washington, and this is outrageous that their tax money is getting wasted in this fashion....